VA National Formulary Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- May 20, 2026
What it does
The VA National Formulary Act of 2025 would establish a standardized national formulary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, requiring all VA medical facilities to use a uniform list of prescription drugs and supplies managed by the Pharmacy Benefits Management Service. It would prohibit local formularies from including drugs not on the national list unless approved through a waiver process based on clinical need, safety, and cost-effectiveness, or granted via a nonformulary drug request process with defined timelines and appeals. The bill also creates a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to review new medications using evidence-based criteria, mandates public communication and…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.